England's Ruben Loftus-Cheek (L) controls the ball chased by Germany's Ilkay Gundogan (R) during the friendly international football match between England and Germany at Wembley Stadium in London on November 10, 2017

England manager Gareth Southgate felt Ruben Loftus-Cheek had shown the level required for international football after he produced a promising debut performance in a 0-0 draw with Germany.

Faced with a raft of injuries, Southgate gave debuts to five players in Friday's friendly at Wembley, with Jordan Pickford, Joe Gomez, Jack Cork and Tammy Abraham also getting their first tastes of senior international football.

Everton goalkeeper Pickford impressed, making two sharp first-half saves from Timo Werner, but it was 21-year-old Loftus-Cheek, on loan at Crystal Palace from Chelsea, who was named man of the match.

"He's a player I've watched do that from under-16 level and despite his size and his appearance and the way he plays, he's not hugely confident at times," Southgate said of the elegant midfielder.

"Tonight it took him 10 minutes to have a look around him and think, 'OK, I can do this.' He's got so many good attributes, top attributes, and that's why we put him into the team.

"The wider public might not be as aware of him –- you'd have had to follow him very closely –- but we believe in him and we believe in the others that we played.

"I'm really not surprised with what they've done. They've shown that at younger ages and this week in training. There's been an energy about the group.

"It seemed a bit messy with loads of pull-outs, but actually it's been really tight and without getting too carried away, the performance was a really encouraging one."

In music to the ears of Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho, Southgate offered an upbeat assessment of the left thigh problem that forced centre-back Phil Jones to go off mid-way through the first half.

"He seems fine," said Southgate, whose side host Brazil at Wembley on Tuesday.

"We've checked him out. It's something he's been carrying and it's not any worse."

With goalkeeper Jack Butland having withdrawn from the squad after breaking a finger in training, Southgate revealed Manchester City youngster Angus Gunn, who is on loan at Norwich City, would be brought into the squad.